Author: Cynthia Luna
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Opening Windows
Othering lives within me. The parts of me that I love and the parts that I don’t. What gets neglected in me The corners of my soul that I don’t visit for fear of the unknown Or because I have forgotten. There are rooms in my soul that are filled with dust, Webs, and darkness.…
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To Love This Much
I never wanted to love this way. The way in which the heart is wide open and you can feel the rawness of the flesh be touched by the gentle breeze of the morning. I never wanted to love this way. The way in which my heart worries about the wounded coyote I saw this…
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I ➙ We ➙ It: Integral Coaching in Corporate Leadership
This is a case study of an Integral Coaching program that my company, Praxsys Leadership, introduced into a mid-sized construction company. When we began our work together, the leadership team consisted of a half-dozen directors, each managing their individual functions in a siloed fashion. There was little collaboration and even less trust among the leaders.…
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A Call to Heal Together
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing no matter how it turns out.” —Václav Havel, Czech leader Our country is hurting, and it has been for a long time. It is just now with the demonstrations that have given voice to the desperation…
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What We’re Finding Out About the Virtual Learning Space
As we have been doing more and more programs online, we’ve been learning that there is value in both online and in-person programs. The virtual space is bringing some unexpected gifts to our teaching that is actually deepening the experience of our students in ways that have been surprising and enlivening. There is a particular…
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Professional Coaching Certification as a Pilgrimage
I recently spent some time in northern Spain walking the ancient Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James). The Camino is a pilgrimage that has been walked for hundreds of years by people with a wide range of motivations from spiritual, to life transitions, to wanting a cultural experience. At the essence, all pilgrims…